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Matthew

Butch on the streets, femme in the sheets

About Me

Fervid, florid, lurid. The contingency plan. Dancing like an asshole, pushing the bounds of the ball and socket joint where my humerus articulates with my scapula, spending exorbitant amounts of money on good food and drink, trying to enjoy certain situations despite certain situations, developing new neuroses, updating old neuroses, just barely getting by."All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born."

My Interests

innocence lost. losing stuff. thug love. shakin it.

I'd like to meet:

the chthonian."There would still remain the never-resting mind, so that one would want to escape, come back to what had been so long composed. The imperfect is our paradise. Note that, in this bitterness, delight, since the imperfect is so hot in us, lies in flawed words and stubborn sounds." --Wallace Stevens

Music:

I openly admit to liking The Killers. and Rent. and I frequently (nearly ritualistically) dance to Janet Jackson songs circa Rhythm Nation while in the shower. I think my roommates hate me. Kings of Convenience and Cornelius and Broken Social Scene (with many thanks to Ben for the latter) as of late.

Movies:

elizabeth, mulholland dr., huckabees, {coyote ugly & step up}, 8 1/2, empire records, wierd science, donnie darko... alot more, we have giant vhs collection in the green room.

Television:

no television here, just movies, but i used to love the Human Weapon on the history channel. and Top Chef.

Books:

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence From Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia, working on it.

Heroes:

my liver

My Blog

Rounds 1 - 5: A Brief History

Rnd. 5: Roll out with your hole out (alternately Jam out with your clam out). something old, something new, something borrowed, something... blue. yuck. Three glasses of wine and WHAM... Estaban? Than...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:09:00 PST

The Queen of Cups by Michael Ventura: An essay that speaks with every cell.

The Queen of Cups Everyone has many mothers, and they don't all die at the same time. The Clelia Rosalie Scandurra who stands in the wedding photo beside Michael Luciano Ventura--she died before I was...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 15 May 2006 12:44:00 PST

tragedia della minestra

I tried opening a can of soup last night after a grueling night spent in the dark room. It was an easy open can of Progresso Beef and Mushroom soup. Not too complicated, right? Well, be advised. I pop...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:58:00 PST

Wallace Stevens

"There would still remain the never-resting mind, so that one would want to escape, come back to what had been so long composed. The imperfect is our paradise. Note that, in this bitterness, ...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:16:00 PST

T.S. Elliot, The Elder Statesman

"...However important you may consider it to conceal from the rest of the world- your soul is safe. If a man has one person, just one in his life , to whom he is willing to confess everything- and tha...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:31:00 PST